Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-05

return from New York; l kuox fron
his actions that he knew me. II was
Ike the greeting Of old-tirne friends
he, too, i getting old. He can ssnose5'
ABOUT the manger In winter, uir the
colts a1d leer az them. but he can't
KICK up any more. He i sure az hi
living. though. II / had the win I
could not curb the storm Of fnd59na-
ton that would follow neglect OF ola
lony from every one Of the children
from baby up % the Oldest. lie i safe
before the bar Of public opinion Of the
family Nay We not dare enter . plea
i0f others that have served their time
before that greater bar, the conscience
Of masters, 20 be humane 70 the damn
orutes that have given them their lie
service?
FAN blowing Is an investment that
pays q hundred fold. / have no doub4
the actual profit on an acre OF land i
4 gain Of more than twice the cost Of
the additional plowing. Next to fan
plowing comes winter blowing. To
our New York or New England farm
ers, who live in about the same degree
OF latitude or south Of US, this viii ap-
pear strange kind Of talk, about blow
ing in winter. Today Jack came 70 a
strip OF the root ground that was left
unpiowed last winter; Il came on 10
rain, and was too vet TO finish il. We
run the disk harrow over Il, and then
We could begin % see the sod. lie
took the elod masher, then the brush
and finally the steel harrow. each In
turn TO wear 'em out" as he said.
IL came very near wearing Us out be-
fore We got through with IT, We finally
had 70 mandrake it before planting the
beets.
But It Is not roots alone that are
benefited BY fall blowing. All kinds
OF crops viii be both heavier and ear
her. We can always pillow here in Oc-
tober, November and December, II the
season is not too wet: the later the
better. so We do not miss Il altogether.
Then is when l might agree to "a let
up on the subsoillng, as that might
best be done at the second blowing in
the spring. We are today replowing
such a piece that turned up as mel
low as an ash heap" and which viii
warrant 70 bring full crop. rain or
shine" will not hesitate 10 SOW oats
or plant potatoes or corn for ensilage
even as late as the 10Th Of June. |
told Frank today that we would sub
soil all the land, even II we did not get
all the crop in before the 10th OF June.
think oats sown that late upon deeply
plowed land viii bring a much better
crop than that sown earlier upon shall
low blowing. Anyway we will risk it,
and cut either in the milk for hay or
while in the dough for grain.
Guthrie said today he hoped it would
rain; part OF the land was getting too
dry. hope il viii not. Warm, dry
weather is what we want. The out
look is that we shall have a continu-
ance of dry weather. We have been
repairing the roller and will go over
the corn, onions and sugar beets as
quick as we can after planting. BY
compacting the sell we prevent the es-
cape of moisture rising to the surface,
and. besides, press il close about the
seeds. If we did not have rain for
three months, our crops on the valley
land would not suffer That is the pc
culiar value of this alluvial soil, where
the culture has been good, and with
some crops without 1t, the ability to
stand drought. | once traced a hop
root nine feet long. This was down
fully six feet deep, and within reach OF
moisture; nevertheless it is the surface
roots that do the best work.
Three years ago, think it was. we
had a very dry summer. ! know l
plowed my hops until some time in
July-plowed them deep. right in the
hottest weather. We, OF course, broke
OIL countless thousands of roots. l
could follow the pillow and hear them
swapping. Some said | would injure
the crop. but l did not. One could
stand on the platform at my hop house
and see a dozen hop yards. Not one
OF them in September, at harvest time,
had the rich, lively. growing color that
mine had. know we made tons OF
hops by the deep blowing. Ionce went
to Dick Jeff's place late in the season
and found them blowing hops, Dick
was not at home. | asked the man
how long had he orders 10 continue the
blowing. lie said, when Dick left
home he told him to pillow till il
rains" I knew then that he was a
farmer. PiOw till il rains is q good
maxim to be in every farmers mouth,
and, let me add, deep